governor-general-in-council

governor-general-in-council
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: the governor-general in a member nation of the British Commonwealth acting with the advice and consent of the nation's Privy Council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions

in South Africa … all provincial ordinances must be assented to by the governor-general-in-council — Alexander Brady


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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